gluten-free Bread, For Machine, Corn-free, Rice-free, Dairy-free, Egg-free

[CeliacInSanDiego]

I am so surprised and excited that a bread recipe I made up for my bread machine WORKED! If you've made bread, you know it can be finicky, so I was very pleasantly surprised that it rose properly and turned out well. I thought it tasted great, considering all the food categories that were NOT in it - but of course, I haven't had any bread in over 2 years, so perhaps I'm not too picky.

I made it up, loosely based on a recipe in my gluten bread machine cookbook, 'cause all the gluten-free recipes that I found online had dairy and egg. Anyway, I wanted to share it. If you try it out or make changes and/or improvements, please let me know.

1 1/6 c water

4 tsp olive oil

1 1/4 tsp salt (corn-free, so no dextrose)

4 tsp sugar

3 c gluten-free flour (I used 1 c sorghum flour, 1 c potato starch, 2/3 c tapioca flour, 1/3 c garbanzo/fava flour)

1 tsp xanthan gum

1/4 tsp unflavored gelatin powder

2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast (1 packet)

As with all bread machine recipes, make sure ingredients are at room temperature before starting the machine. If you are prepping the machine with a time-delay, make sure the yeast stays dry (e.g. in a divot in the flour) until blended by the machine. Also, yeast stays away from the salt, until blending.

I've done this recipe twice now - once on a delay and once not. The second time turned out even better than the first. Why? 1- I did it on a time delay, so the yeast was definitely room temp 2- I took it out of the pan while it was still hot (mine lets go of the pan better that way) 3- I didn't cut it up until it was cool (1st time I cut it hot, and it mushed the bread a bit - it was firmer and easier to cut when cool.)

This makes a "1 pound loaf" on the "white bread" setting of my machine.

Happy bread, all of you multiple-allergy folks!

Rachel

[Takala]

Very interesting !

What brand of bread machine did you use ?